Saturday, July 5, 2008

Who is a Gazetted Officer in India?

This is a question which many of us are confused about. I asked a lot of people about this, but could not find a satisfactory answer. Even I found this question to be a little hard for 'Google' to answer.

So, this is what I came to learn after spending some time googling. Here is it for you...

In India, Gazette is published on regular basis, it is an official Central Government Publication. Among many other things (viz. GoI notifications, rules, orders etc.), it publishes the promotions & transfers of certain government officials (who are called Gazetted Officers). This practice is followed since British times; and that publication is called by the Government of India as the "Gazzette of India".

Any catagory of persons who are listed in "Gazette of India" are Gezetted. As simple as that..!!

All India services, though posted to states; promotees from states to the cadre of Assistant Commissioner and above and to the cadre of All India services ; Police officers of Circle Inspector and above; Additional District Civil surgeons, Executive Engineers and above, District Medical Officer and above, Lt.Col. and above, Principals of Government colleges and above, Readers and above of Universities, etc.

Among the powers and responsibilities of a Gazetted Officer, are the certifications and authentification of photo copies etc. That's why we go to them for attesting our copies where they actually have to see an original of that and certify that the copy is the actual copy of the original as seen by them.

36 comments:

Circle Inspector of Police, for that matter any officer not having IPS is NOT a Class I Gazetted Officer, they are Class 2 Gazetted Officers. All commissioned officers of the army,navy and air force (starting from Lieutenant) are Class I Gazetted Officers. Please refer warrant of precedence in India for this. A Lt in Army is equivalent to an SP below 15 years service. How can he be class 2 and a circle inspector much junior to him be Class 1?

In job applications, every time it is not asked to get attestation from a Gazetted Officer. Sometimes they just write that - attested copies of .... is required to be submitted. In such cases you may get attestation from your school/college Principal or may be say Bank Officer. But if it is categorically mentioned that attestation is to be done by a Gazetted Officer then Bank Officers are not the correct persons to be looked for.

Hi, I wanted to do attestation for my brother's aieee application form. And the officer in case is a retired Air Force officer. But he sure was a gazetted officer before. So will retirement take that right away from him? will he still be considered a gazetted officer? Will his attestation be valid?Thanks in advance.

If it is written - attested copies of .... is required to be submitted. In such cases you may get attestation from Bank Officer. But if it is categorically mentioned that attestation is to be done by a Gazetted Officer then Bank Officers are not the correct persons to be looked for.

Also, retired Gazetted Officers are no longer authorized to do attestation, as far as I know; and I am 99% sure about it. If some one is fully sure about this case, please throw some light on this.

@Kanak:Executive Engineers are not Gazetted Officers but yes they may (or may not) belong to Class-I/II category of Officers. It depends on which PSU it is.

You can trust this information to be fully authentic, because prior to joining PhD @IIT Kanpur, I myself was an Executive Engineer (SO/D) in NPCIL, which is a fully government (Dept of Atomic Energy) owned PSU. I was not a Gazetted Officer there, but yes I was a Class-I Officer, which is also clearly stated in my Service Certificate.

It is true that in Indian Army, all commissioned officers starting from Lt. are class 1 gazetted,they ve authority to attest. The Jco's in Indian army r class 2 gazettd n receive appointment frm Hon'ble President like all commisnd officers n they too hve authority to attest. Keep a clear cut note. In attesting, they ve to mention their,commission numbr which is unique (just like registratn no of a govt medicl practinr) and they r very much entitld to attest certificates even aftr retirement owing to their unique commisn no which is their lifetime identity. JOIN INDIAN ARMY, BE A WINNER FOR LIFE.

All commissiond officers in the armed forces are indeed gazetted class 1 officers. infact a officer starts getting his formal recognition and salary of that rank only after it is published in the gazzette. JCOs in the armed forces like subedar, warrant officer, master chief petty officer etc are class 2 gazetted officers. infact they recieve a parchment from the president of india(no less)which has their junior commision and gazette No.as far as attestation is concerned, it depends from organisation to organisation and the relative importance of the document. for example, only a DM/ SP of a district and above, a major or above in the armed forces may issue a verification certificate for a passport applicant.all this info is available on govt of india's official website.hope it clarifies!

BUT PSU, BANKS & UNDERTAKINGS LIKE ONGC.SAIL & GAIL ARE NOT THE GAZETTED OFFICERS INCLUDING SCIENTIST'S OF DRDO ,CSIR,ICAR ETC.

BUT TEHSILDAR,NAIB-TEHSILDAR ARE CLASS 2 BUT THEY ATTEST YOUR EVERYTHING AND ARE POWER CENTRES.

SDM & DY.SP AND ABOVE ARE ALL CLASS 1 GAZETTED.

ALL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ARE NOT GAZETTED OFFICERS BUT THEY ARE EQUIVALENT TO CLASS-A GAZETTED AS THEY HOLD OFFICE TILL PLEASURE OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND ARE NOT TOTALLY FREE (SIGHT'S ARE CURTAILED)DUE TO CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION'S BUT THEIR STATUS IS EQUAL TO ALL CLASS-A &CLASS-1 OFFICERS.

ADDTINAL.SP(IPS) IS EQUAL TO MAJOR,SP & SSP WITH 12-14 YEARS OF SERVICE ARE EQUAL TO LT-COL & FULL COL RESPECTIVELY. SOME PLACES COL IS EQUAL TO DIG'S(JUNIOR),IT DEPENDS UPON YEARS OF SERVICE IN POLICE TO GET SENIORITY.

Asstt. Professors of the University are getting the pay band equivalent to the govt. officers and availing other facilities. They are issuing character certificates and doing attestation also. Are they gazatted officers.

@mayank all commisioned offrs of Indian armed forces starting from Lt are class I gazetted. the commisioning is done through a gazette notification duly signed by the president of India. also every individual recieves a certificate to this effect again signed by the president himself. plsss update ur comments.. they are misleading.. also a Lt has decision .aking authority. he is cdr of a tp. Its a humble request to kindly edit ur info b4 it mislead more ppl..